Garment fastener



R. l. MULVEY.

GARMENT FASTENER- APPucmoN HLED 141111.21, 1921.

Patented Mar. 28, 1922.

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' In z/entor Robert J M112 2/% 14%. MW 1 13;, 67M

fidiztorney UNITED AT S- PATENT. OFFjICEjgQ noBnnrJJMUnvEY, or'cmcnem'nimnors.

To all whom z'tanag concern I 1 Be it knownthat I, Ronnn'r J. M LvnY, a

I citizen of the United States,and'a resident of the cit of Chicago, county of Cook, and

State of llinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Garment Fasteners, of which thelfollowing is a specification,

.My invention relates to improvements. in garment fasteners, more particularly to the usual snap fasteners, and has for itsv object the provision ofa metal guard for protectin the point of the fastening wire.

ther objects will appear hereinafter. The invention consists in the combinations and arran ements of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

The invention will be best understood by reference to the accompanying, drawings forming apart of this specification, and in which, r

Fig. 1 is a bottom plan view of the fastener;

Fig. 2, a fragmentaryside view thereof, with a part broken away; 3

Fig. 3, an enlarged fragmentary detail, showing the wire loop upon which the guard plate is mounted;

plate; Fig. 5, a bottom plan viewof a fastener provided with a modified form of guard plate; Y

Fig. '6, a fragmentary side view thereof, with a part broken awa I Fig. 7, an enlarged etail sideview' of a modified form of guard'plate; andv Fig. 8 aplanview thereof.-[

The form of construction illustrated in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, comprises a metal disk 10 having a knob 11 extending from the center of its upper face and an outer flange 12 curved toward the lower face. A securing wire 13 of spring steel is fastened under said curved flange, substantially entirely around said disk and is provided with a loop portion 14 extending inwardly from said flange, and then continues in the form" of a ,curved or S-shaped portion 15 seated on the lower face of said disk. The free end of said S-shaped portion is provided with a hook 16 adapted to engage within the loop 14:. Inward of this hook 16 a wire is provided with an elbow 17 to allow the hook to Fig. f1, an enlarged detail ofthe guard Specification of Letters Patent. Patented D131. 28, 1922. Application filed March 2i, 1921. Serial no. 453,970. I

formerly leftunprotected plate 18 having forwardly extending flanges 19 and, a rear flange 20. This plate is mounted on the loop: ltby bending the fol"-v ward flanges 19 over the 100 and catching the rear flange 20 under the ange 12 of the disk, so that it engages back of the wire 13,

as shown in the drawings.

In the form of construction illustrated in Figs. 5 to 8 inclusive, the fastening means is constructed substantially the same as the form already described, exceptthat the loop is substantially diminished, and a slight curve 22 is provided in the wire upon WhlCh the modified guard plate 23 is mounted, its

hook end 24 en aging over said curve and bearingv under 13% I of this guard plate is provided with a curved or dished portion 25, to receive and protect the hookend 16 of the wire.

In fastening this device to the garment, in either of the two forms, the hook end of the wire attached to one end of the S-shaped curve is passed through the garment and the member turned until the garment has passed to the other end of the S-shaped curve. The hook is then re-passed through e flange 12. The free end the garment andfastened beneath the pro- 7 tecting plate. The plate thus protects the point from marring or injuring a garment,

in position;

hile I have illustrated and described the preferred form of construction for carrying my invention into-eflect, this is capable of variation andmodification without departing from the spirit of the invention. I, therefore,'do not wish to be limited to the precise-details of the construction set forth, but desire to avail myself of such variations and modifications as come within the scope of the appended claims. i Having described my invention, what I claimas-new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, i's:

1. A device of the class described com prising a metal disk having an outer curved and is also effective in retaining the hookflange; a securing wire fastened under said flange. and having a loop and a hook end; enagmg within said 100p; and a guandmem- 0' ber mounted on said device, adapted. to! re and 'a'hook at 'its en and a ceive and protect said hook end."

2. A device of'the class described comprising a metal disk having an outer curved flange; a securing wire fastened under said flange and having a loop and a hook end; and a guard member f-astexmd to sold: flange,

having "a bent end fastened-under said flange and its free end .adapted to. receive and protec't'the hook-end ojfthe wire. '7

4; Ardevioeofthe ciass described com-pris- 1 ing a 'metal diskhaving an outer vcurved end. I

uard member twosubscribingWitnesses; 7 V

ROBERT J. M ULVE fling; a securing Wirehav in a portion fasten 1 with a loop and a hook end; and a guard plate. having a bent end fastened under said flange and a free end fastened-over said 100p, saldplate engaging and protectingsaid hook 5. A device of the class describedcompris ing a metal disk having an outer curved flange; asecuring'wire fastened'under said flange and having a hook end; and a guard member having a curved .end fastened over said'wire and-under saidjflange and being 35 provided with a curved free end tOTejtain and protect said hooklend In testimonywhereof I have signed my name to this'specificatijon in the presence WVitnesses: f

FREDA C. APPLE'roN, CYNTHIA Goa'oHoW.

under said fflangez and ein-g :provided 7 

